Photogrammetry more or less is a new word which slowly finds its way into everyone’s vocabulary. This is a project that I have started as my Digital Imaging strategies course.
In this series of photogrammetry, I have used a combination of toolsets to capture old analogue cameras. Some helped professional photographers to create their beautiful artwork, and some used to be a family point-and-shoot camera. These treasures of the past, which used to capture reality through their lenses are now captured with their digital successors and will have their second life in the world of zeros and ones!
The Kodak Instamatic camera is a camera which was developed in the 1960s to simplify the use of film. The idea was to put in and out a film without problems because the insertion of a normal film often caused trouble. Even professional photographers sometimes did it wrong so a whole series of photos were destroyed. So Kodak developed the cassette film (126 film) a rather cheap alternative to the usual film at this time and the above-mentioned Instamatic camera. You just have to insert the cassette into the camera – the film transport starts when you turn the film transportation wheel. (Lomography)
The Mamiya M645 is the first series of 4.5×6 SLRs made by Mamiya. The finder and screens are interchangeable, but there is no magazine back, only preloadable film inserts. All the M645 models share the same accessories (finders, screens, lenses, grips and inserts). The lenses and inserts can also be attached to the later Mamiya 645 models.
The original M645 appeared in 1975. It has knob advance and shutter speeds from 8s to 1/500. It supports a mirror lockup and double exposure lever. Flash sync is 1/60 sec. (camerapedia.org)
The Mamiya C220 was released in 1968 as part of the Mamiya C series of interchangeable lens medium format TLR cameras. It is an improved version of the Mamiya C22. The C220 was available for a very long time, in the early 1980’s it was available from many dealers for 60% less than the price of the Mamiya C330f. Similar to other models in the series, it supports an interchangeable finder viewing system allowing options such as a chimney-style magnifier, eye-level prism and the traditional waist-level finder. The lens focus scales are on the left side of the bellows. It includes scales for 55mm, 65mm, 80mm, 105mm, 135mm, 180mm and 250mm lenses. (camera-wiki)
In 1966 Yashica introduced the Electro 35, the first of a very successful line of 35mm rangefinder cameras with fixed Yashinon lenses. The rangefinder is coupled to the focusing ring and the viewfinder is parallax corrected. The Electros use aperture priority exposure with a step-less automatic shutter with speeds from 30 seconds to 1/500s. Metering is done by half depressing the shutter button. (camera media)
1970-1986, Japan. The last twin-lens reflex ever produced by Yashica, and the most advanced. Designed as a Rolleiflex copy, the Mat-124 G features a four-element, 80mm f/3.5 lens set of the better “Yashinon” variety, shutter speeds from 1-second to 1/500th, an aperture range of f/3.5 – f/32, a bright ground-glass viewing screen, a crank arm film advance, and ergonomic aperture/shutter controls. (Brooklyn film camera)
References
Brooklyn film camera, 2022. “Yashica Mat-124 G.” Brooklyn film camera, Accessed June 17, 2022. http://www.brooklynfilmcamera.com/cameras/yashica-mat-124g
Camerapedia Wiki, 2022. “Agfa Iso-Rapid I.” Camerapeida. Accessed June 18, 2022. https://camerapedia.fandom.com/wiki/Agfa_Iso-Rapid_I
Camerapedia Wiki, 2022. “Yashica.” Camerapeida. Accessed June 18, 2022.
https://camerapedia.fandom.com/wiki/Yashica
Camerapedia Wiki, 2022. “Yashica Electro 35.” Camerapeida. Accessed June 19, 2022. https://camerapedia.fandom.com/wiki/Yashica_Electro_35
Camerapedia Wiki, 2022. “Mamiya M645.” Camerapeida. Accessed June 19, 2022. https://camerapedia.fandom.com/wiki/Mamiya_M645
Camera-Wiki.org, 2022. “Mamiya C220.” Camera-Wiki, Accessed June 15, 2022.
http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Mamiya_C220